Tradition

"إنَّ هَذا الْغَضَبَ جَمْرَةٌ مِنَ الشَّيْطانِ تُوْقَدُ فِى قَلْبِ ابْنِ آدَمَ"

Imam al-Baqir (‘a) is narrated to have said: “Anger and wrath are burning flames from Satan which are lit in the innermost sections of the heart of man.”1

Brief Commentary

It is extremely rare for someone to perform an action while in a state of rage and not be regretful of what has taken place later on. This is because rage and anger cause the intellect and the process of correct decision making to completely fall by the wayside. In fact, the entire human system is so affected by anger and rage that, in certain cases, people do things which they regret for the rest of their lives. When a person becomes angry, they must quickly contain their anger and work to extinguish it as soon as possible. If they do not do this, the fire of this rage may consume both themselves, as well as those who are around them.

• 1. Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 73, p. 278, Al-Kafi , vol. 2, p. 302.